| Frederick Thornhill | |
| Country: | England |
| Birth Date: | 25 September 1846 |
| Birth Place: | Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Death Place: | Toton Sidings, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Year1: | 1876 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 1 June |
| Debutyear1: | 1876 |
| Debutfor1: | Derbyshire |
| Debutagainst1: | Lancashire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 0 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 0 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 17 January |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/33/33293/33293.html CricketArchive |
Frederick Thornhill (25 September 1846 – 23 July 1876) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1876.
Thornhill was born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, the son of Richard Thornhill (1817-1896) and his wife Eliza Reynolds (1824-1907) and became an engine stoker and later a guard for the Midland Railway.[1] He took part in a cricket match playing for Birmingham in 1866. He made a single appearance for Derbyshire in the 1876 season, against Lancashire in June, when he mode no score in either innings.[2]
Just over a month later, Thornhill died at the age of 29 at Toton Sidings, the largest marshalling yards of the Midland Railway.[3]
Thornhill married Elizabeth Bywater on 19 November 1867 in St John the Baptist Church, Beeston. They had the following children: